Ottoman



F- J. KELLY March 8, 1955 OTTOMAN 2 Shee ts-Sheet 1 Filed April 26, 1952 Z9 ATTORNEY INVENTOR Frank J Kelly F. J. KELLY March 8, 1955 OTTOMAN 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 26, 1952 INVENTQR Bank J. Kell gw ATToRNEY 44 i F w United States Patent OTTOMAN Frank J. Kelly, White Plains, N. Y.

Application April 26, 1952, Serial No. 284,575

2 Claims. (Cl. -18) This invention relates to an ottoman construction, and more particularly to an ottoman convertible to a bed construction.

It is an object of my invention to provide an article of furniture in the nature of an ottoman or backless seat which desirably may be moved readily by sliding to any position in a room to be used as a chair, and minimize obstruction when centered in the room, as whereused as a seat for viewing a television broadcasting instrument and which is convertible to a full length bed or like contrivance.

It is an object of my invention to provide an article of furniture in the nature of an ottoman to 'serve the double purpose of being extensible to be used as a bed, and which coordinates in a single structure a nested base to have the requisite ornamental and functional appearance for foot base clearance, permitting ready and facile move ment along the floor of a room, comprising a pair of independently supportable, internesting or telescoping bases serving in one position to form an article of furniture of pleasing construction, and convertible by movement of the internesting or telescopic base sections to a second side by side or edgewise contiguous position thereby forming an extensible support, over which hinged mattress elements may be extended, to provide a comfortable bed or couch.

In my specific embodiment it is an object of my inven tion to provide a backless seat normally referred to as an ottoman, having a base comprising a pair of internested base enclosing elements which, in internested position or extended position, are self-sufiicient in mobility and in support, and serve to provide a resiliently comfortable yet pleasing appearance to", superimposed hinged mattress elements which peripherally overhang the base and which assembly is convertible by extending the base elements with respect to each other, 'into supports for the unfolded, extended mattress sections, to give a continuous comfortable body-supporting structure, the entire assembly providing the requisite rigidity without detracting from the desirable ornamental appearance.

It is a further object of my invention to provide an article of furniture, such as an ottoman, which is convertible to a full length bed in which base members of dimensions to provide foot clearance are internested and connected to support a pair of mattress elements extended to a full length bed with comfortable support to the user.

To attain these objects and such further objects as may appear herein or be hereinafter pointed out, I make reference to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, in which Figure l is a perspective view of my invention, with portions broken away to disclose details;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the same showing the assembly extended to form a bed;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the base frame structure shown in Figure 2, with the mattress elements removed;

Figure 4 is a side elevation thereof;

Figure 5 is a magnified section taken on the line 5--5 of Figure 3;

Figure 6 is a magnified section taken on the line 66 of Figure 3.

Making reference to the drawings, my construction comprises a base 10 over which there is supported a mattress assembly 11 comprising a lower section 12 and an upper section 13 of identical size. Each of the sections may be of the type which is resilient and yieldable, as

produced by spaced frames 1414 and 15--15, spaced from each other by inner coiled springs.

The mattress section 13 has a tufted facing 16 and a padded under face 17. The section 12 has a padded upper face 18. Each of the sections 12 and 13 is finished with piping 19 on their edges. Adjacent edges 20 and 21, respectivelyf'of the sections 12 and 13 are joined by a web 22, to form a hinge in the superimposed position shown in Figure 1, and to form a continuous supporting 0 surface as shown in Figure 2. Each of the sections l2 and 13 is of different depths, as will be clear from an inspection of Figures 4 and 5, and overhangs the base 10 to provide clearance between the mattress edge and the base with foot clearance beneath the overhang of the mattress.

The lower mattress section 12 has the fabric 23 thereof extended at its supporting surface by a fold 24 to provide flaps 25 peripherally inwardly from the frame 15. These flaps are then tacked to the filler board 26. It will be observed at this point that the overhang 27 extends peripherally over the board 26, for purposes which will appear as this description proceeds.

The mattress assembly thus described is supported on the base 10 which comprises a substantially square frame 28, having enclosing beam members 29-29, and an end beam member 30. The adjacent ends of the beam members 2929 and 30 are joined at their corners 31-31 by mitre joints to provide a rigid corner connection.

The upper edges 32 of the beams 2929 and 30 are rabbeted adjacent their inner sides to provide ledges 33 and upon said ledges, adjacent the ends 34 of the beams 2929 there is supported the channel 35. The vertical flanges 36 of the frame members 2929 and 30 and the vertical flange 37 of the channel 35 are spaced from each other to provide a frame to receive the filler board 26 and the flaps attached to it. The ledges 33 and the horizontal flange 38 of the channel 35 cooperate to receive the filler board 26 and the mattress assembly in supporting position. Fastening screws 39 pass through the drill holes 40 to engage the filler board 26. Screws 41 are directed through the horizontal flange of the channel 35 to engage the filler board 26. The ends 34 of the side beams 2929 have mitred edges 42, for purposes which will presently appear.

It will be observed that the structure thus far described provides an encasing frame with downwardly depending side and end walls and with an entrance opening 43, the beams 2929 forming the side closures and the beam 30 forming the end closure. Ball casters 44 attached to the edges 45 of the frame 10 support the frame for universal shifting movement on the floor F.

Cooperating with the first frame member 28 previously described there is associated a second, substantially square frame member 46 comprising side members 47-47 and end members 48, 49. The side members 47-47 and the end member 48 are rabbeted at their upper edges to form a ledge 50 and flange 51. The end member 49 has its ends 55 mitred to fit the mitred edges 42 of the first frame member.

The second frame 46 thus described has ball casters 56 extended from the edges 57 to support the frame 46 for universal gliding movement in alignment with the opening 43 telescopically to nest the frame 46 between the side frame members 2929 and to bring the frame member 49 so that its ends 55-55 match in abutting position with the mitred edges 4242, to give a corner 58 which in appearance simulates the connected corners of the first frame of base 10.

In the nested position of the first and the second frame members, the end member 48 lies in closely adjacent position to the end member 30 and overrides an inner guide 59 attached to the surface of the bottom edge 45 of the frame 30.

Adjacent the free ends 34 of each of the side frame members 29. 29 to the bottom face 45 thereof there are provided angle straps 60 by attaching one branch 61 thereof to a spacer 61a overlying the side frame members 29 and extending the second branch 62 thereof below the frame 46, to act as lower guides for the side frame members 4747. The frame 46 has extended from the end member 48 coupling straps 63 having hook edges 64 Patented Mar. 8, 1955 overhanging the guiding branches 62, thereby coupling the frames to each other and acting as stops limiting sliding movement to within the limits of engagement of the coupling straps 63 and the angle straps 60 in one direction, and when the frames are nested in the position shown in Figure 1, the guide 59 serves to support the frame member while the branches 62 support the frame member 49 against displacement of the frame members from each other in bodily lifting up the assembly. The location of the coupling straps 60 and 63 below the frame edges permits the hook 64 to ride into overlapping position in the nested position of the frames and to space the frames in relation to each other to form a gap sufficiently extensive to add an overall length to the frames at least equivalent to extended mattress members 12 and 13 as now to be noted.

In the extended position of the frames constituting the base to the position shown in Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5, the mattress section 13 may be hinged from the overlying position shown in Figures 1 and 4 to the extended position shown in Figure 2. The greater depth of the mattress section 13 positions the hinged sections, when supported on the filler board 53, to extend the underface 17 and the upper face 18 in alignment in a single plane, cooperating with the hinged web 22 to provide a continuous convertible mattress surface suitable for supporting the body in sleeping position. When the weight of the body is supported on the mattress sections 12 and 13, they will bulge sufiiciently to prevent the formation of any ridge at the point where the web 22 bridges the space between the mattress sections.

in the superimposed position shown by the mattress sections in Figure l or the extended position of the mattress sections shown in Figure 2, there is an overhang of the mattress to provide a resiliently convertible edge yielding to the body, whether in the sitting position as a backless seat or ottoman shown in Figure 1, or as a bed, shown in Figure 2.

Dimensionally, it may be indicated that each of the inner spring mattress sections is approximately thirty-six inches square, so that with the tautened web 22 in the extended position a bed approximately seventy-four inches long is obtained. In the position in which the frame members are extended with the mattress sections extended in bed forming position, the overhang of the mattress over the base comprising the sections 28 and 46 gives comfortable foot clearance for moving about the bed. Likewise, in the position of a backless chair or ottoman shown in Figure 1, foot clearance all around the sides of the nested frames is secured. The entire assembly, in the set-up position as an ottoman, may he slid to be moved very conveniently, as where it may be used as a backless seat to view a television screen without obstructing the view, or it may be moved adjacent the wall of a room to provide an ornamental article of furniture, where the fabric employed in the mattress cover is selected to be appropriate for such use.

In general it will be observed that I have provided an ottoman which performs as a combination bed of rigid construction, yet involving great simplicity in assembly, thereby effecting considerable economy.

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An ottoman-bed combination comprising a first square frame having an open side at one edge, universal rolling supports on all corners of the frame, a second square frame having rolling supports on all corners independent of the first frame movable into and out of the interior of the first frame through said open side to enable positioning of the frames in nested and side-by-side spaced relationship selectively, guide means carried by the first frame positioned to underlie a portion of the second frame when nested in the first frame to prevent displace ment of the nested frames when lifting the ottoman-bed, said guide means comprising a stop member extending transversely to the line of movement of the second frame in the area of said open side, said second frame carrying means extending beyond the inner edge of the second frame in the line of its movement for engaging said stop member when the second frame is drawn from nested position into side-by-side spaced relationship with the lirst frame, and a mattress means, said frames when nested having a height less than half the overall height of the ottoman-bed, said mattress means peripherally overhanging said frames to provide foot clearance about the ottoman-bed and resilient edges therefor, said mattress means comprising a first section permanently secured to the first frame, a second section formed to overlie the first section and to overlie the second frame selectively, a web hingedly securing said mattress sections along the said first edge, said web having a width bridging the space between the frames when extended to side-by-side spaced relationship to provide a flexiole connection and spacing the edges between said mattress sections when said second section overlies the second frame, thereby permitting lateral expansion of the two mattress sections toward each other under load.

2. An ottoman-bed combination comprising a first square frame having an open side at one edge, universal rolling supports on all corners of the frame, a second square frame having rolling supports on all corners independent of the first frame movable into and out of the interior of the first frame through said open side to enable positioning of the frames in nested and side-byside spaced relationship selectively, guide means carried by the first frame positioned to underlie a portion of the second frame when nested in the first frame to prevent displacement of the nested frames when lifting the ottoman-bed, said guide means comprising a stop member extending transversely to the line of movement of the second frame in the area of said open side, said second frame carrying means extending beyond the inner edge of the second frame in the line of its movement for engaging said stop member when the second frame is drawn from nested position into side-by-side spaced relationship with the first frame, and a mattress means comprising a first section permanently secured to the first frame, a second section formed to overlie the first section and to overlie the second frame selectively, a web hingedly securing said mattress sections along the said first edge, said web having a width bridging the space between the frames when extended to side-by-side spaced relationship to provide a flexible connection and spacing the edges between said mattress sections when said second section overlies the second frame, thereby permitting lateral expansion of the two mattress sections toward each other under load.

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